The citizens of Cancatia believed the war to be over.But evil never rests.A broken heart and a solitary throne are all that remain for Haldor. As if his plight could not worsen, he discovers Auden is not who he once seemed. A prophecy of doom shatters Haldor’s visions of peace. Can the inhabitants withstand what lies ahead?Monsters besiege Arkèzia as Phade struggles to redeem her fractured kingdom. Betrayal lurks around every corner, and perilous emotions threaten t...

The year is 1879. The prestigious post of Organist and Master of the Choristers at Hartley Parish Church, West Yorkshire, has become vacant because of the sudden death in suspicious circumstances of Dr Thomas Burchill. Burchill was renowned the length and breadth of Britain and the Empire for the choir; so much so that Queen Victoria summoned the singers to Windsor Castle on more than one occasion. Burchill’s position is now up for grabs, and there is a long list of contenders for the role...

'The history of science is the most important story ever told'In many history books, science is merely the backdrop to a focus on individuals, cultures and political movements. But without science, there would be no history – no Roman Empire, no Great Wall of China, no modern world. Science is what makes this story possible – and it deserves to take centre stage.In The Shortest History of Science, David Baker traces the breakthroughs and plateaus, backsl...

David L. Baker offers a rare and valuable study of the Decalogue, or Ten Commandments, within their biblical and ancient Near Eastern setting. In addition to an informative discussion of introductory and background issues, he gives each commandment focussed attention, offering commentary as well as consideration of its meaning for today.What is the Decalogue? (Shape, form, origin, purpose)Loving God (1 - 5: loving God, worship, reverence, rest, family)Loving neighbour...

'Humorous and accessible but never trivial... full of entertainment and insight' SUSAN QUILLIAM, co-author of The Joy of SexHow did sex begin?How did it evolve to be so varied in humans?What might sex look like in the future?The Shortest History of Sex traces the long evolution of human sexuality from the first microscopic couplings two billion years ago to today's somewhat baffling array of passions, impulses and fetishes.

A “spellbinding debut” and “a feast for all readers” (Library Journal, starred review) about a food journalist’s desperate attempt to save his career—and possibly, his marriage—through an epic quest that leads him from Burgundy through Russia, tracking an infamous bottle of wine.Ex-food journalist and nearly destitute wine connoisseur Bruno Tannenbaum has hit rock bottom. So when he stumbles on a clue hinting at a lost wine vintage, the 1943 Trevallier—sto...

The year is 1894. Yorbridge Cathedral is an unhappy place. Jack Sturmey, lay clerk, is hated by everyone, for one reason and one alone: he has a little black book with entries on all of them, man and boy, ordained and lay. They call him ‘Squirmey’; everyone squirms at the very sight of him. One day, Squirmey’s lifeless body is found in the cloisters, by the entrance to ‘the Cave’, where the choir practices. Who killed him? Verney Barker, gruff Master of the Choristers; Bacchus Dyson, Colle...

"Everybody Gets A Chance", a collection of short fiction and a novella, gives us: A swindled, hoodwinked young cabinet maker, choosing between his first serious relationship or a college education; An on-the-lam campus protester, forming her own band of half-baked, eco-terrorists; A burned-out lawyer, trying to save a community from an attach by a deranged anti-vaxxer. What these and the other characters in this book have in common is a conviction that all is not quite right with the World...

A beloved nature poet reflects on environmental change, political transformation, and the ineluctable fact of aging.We are all human and nonhuman on the move. The poems in Transit emerge from just such a walk through the world. In keenly observed verse, David Baker carries us across physical and emotional geographies, moving seamlessly from deep woods, city streets, and creek beds to the contours of his psyche and the larger cultural circumstances that mar...

Craig Mawdsley is doing life in HMP Hellinwurst where inmates torture him on social media for terrible crimes, crimes he claims to have been wrongfully accused. Deranged on a deadly research chemical, Craig hallucinates his way out of prison into a global pandemic where scientists believe his bodily waste is the magic cure, and the UK government pushes it as the vaccine on an ambivalent public. While the media takes advantage of Craig’s drug-induced gift for mind control to further their c...

In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the air forces of the United States faced unprecedented challenges. Demobilization had stripped the armed forces of millions of personnel, while the rapid transition from a wartime economy strained the aviation industry at the same time as the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) was re-established as the independent US Air Force (USAF). US Air Power 1945–1990 Volume 1: US Fighters and Fighter-Bombers 1945–1949 examines this pivotal period...

Written by former NASA engineer Dr David Baker, A Degree in a Book: Electrical and Mechanical Engineering is presented in an attractive landscape format in full-color. With timelines, feature spreads and information boxes, readers will quickly get to grips with the fundamentals of electrical and mechanical engineering and their practical applications.The separate ages of engineering are divided into empirical and scientific periods, then the range of possibilities provided...